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Lot n° 1

BAUDOUIN II DE COURTENAY, EMPEROR...

BAUDOUIN II DE COURTENAY, EMPEROR OF CONSTANTINOPLE (1217-1273). Deed signed, granting the Saint Samson Hospital of Constantinople rights to the house of the hospital of Namur. Palace of the Blachernes, Constantinople, 11 July 1240. 1 page (111 x 178...

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Lot n° 2

CHARLES II OF NAVARRE, KNOWN AS...

CHARLES II OF NAVARRE, KNOWN AS "THE BAD" (1332-1387). Closed letters to the "burghers and inhabitants of Reins", concerning the assassination of the French constable Charles de la Cerda. Data "in Evreux, the XIth day of January" 1354. 1 page (180 x...

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Lot n° 3

COURONNEMENT DE LA VIERGE, miniature...

COURONNEMENT DE LA VIERGE, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum Paris, decade 1470. Pretty miniature illuminated by the workshop of the famous Master François (active circa 1460-80), generally assimilated to François...

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Lot n° 4

FRAGMENTS OF A BOOK OF HOURS, in...

FRAGMENTS OF A BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum France, ca. 1510. 169 x 115 mm. 11 leaves of text, mounted on paper, 24 lines, full-page borders, the text including excerpts from the Hours of the Virgin, prayers and suffrages...

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Lot n° 5

BOOK OF HOURS, for the use of Rheims,...

BOOK OF HOURS, for the use of Rheims, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum Paris, c. 1400. An important fragment of an early 15th-century Reims Book of Hours illuminated by an associate of Perrin Remiet (active between 1368 and 1428). 170...

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Lot n° 6

OFFICE DES MORTS, for the use of...

OFFICE DES MORTS, for the use of Bayeux, fragment of a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum Normandy, last quarter of the 15th century. Important fragment of a Norman Book of Hours containing the Office of the Dead and the Hours...

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Lot n° 7

LOMBARD STONE (circa 1096-1160)....

LOMBARD STONE (circa 1096-1160). The Sentences, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum France, probably Provence, second half of the 13th century. Beautiful manuscript fragment of one of the most important books of the Middle Ages: the Sentences of...

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Lot n° 8

VISITATION, initial 'D' historiated...

VISITATION, initial 'D' historiated on a leaf from a book of hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum France, probably Metz, first half of the 14th century. Charming leaf from an important illuminated Book of Hours by the Atelier du Maître du Boèce of...

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Lot n° 9

ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770)....

ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770). Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body. London: John and Paul Knapton, 1749 - A Compleat System of the Blood-Vessels and Nerves. London: John and Paul Knapton, 1750. First English editions, published...

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Lot n° 10

Prophetae Minores, Libri Machabaeorum....

Prophetae Minores, Libri Machabaeorum. Rome: sumptibus Andreae Brugiotti: apud Haeredem Barthol. Zannetti, 1624. Beautiful 17th century mosaic binding. In-12 (115 x 72 mm). Adjusted copy (small lack in the upper right corner of the title page, scattered...

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Lot n° 11

AUBIGNé, Theodore Agrippa d' (1552-1630)....

AUBIGNé, Theodore Agrippa d' (1552-1630). Les Avantures du Baron de Fæneste, comprises four parts... Au Dezert, imprimé aux despens de l'autheur Geneva: Pierre Aubert, 1630. Copy of André Masséna, prince d'Essling, bound with his arms. First complete...

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Lot n° 12

AUGUSTIN D'ANCÔNE (circa 1241-1328)....

AUGUSTIN D'ANCÔNE (circa 1241-1328). Summa de ecclesiastica potestate. S.l.n.d. Lyon: Petrus Ungarus (Pierre Hongre), not after 1480. Incunabulum edition of this famous work of theology, an ardent defense of the power of the Pope and of the theocracy....

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Lot n° 13

SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153)....

SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153). Opera omnia. Lyon: Jean Clein, 1520. 1520. A copy in contemporary embossed binding of this rare and beautiful Lyon edition. Baudrier, XII, 303. 3 parts in 1 vol. in-folio (285 x 185 mm). 2 columns, gothic characters....

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Lot n° 14

GERMAN BIBLE. Catholische Bibell....

GERMAN BIBLE. Catholische Bibell. Cologne: G. Calenium and Erben Johan Quentels, 1575. Richly illustrated Bible, with all the hand-colored engravings in its contemporary stamped binding. In-folio (380 x 235 mm). 140 woodcuts in the text, a large part...

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Lot n° 15

BOCCACE, Jean (1313-1375). Il Decamerone......

BOCCACE, Jean (1313-1375). Il Decamerone... è varie figure nuovamente stampato et ricorretto per messer Antoni Brucioli... Venice: Gabriele Giolito di Ferrari, 1542. Very beautiful binding from the workshop of the Fugger Binder, also known as the Venetian...

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Lot n° 16

CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635) - BIGRES...

CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635) - BIGRES or BIGLIS, P.L. The Winner of Death, or Dying Jesus. Poem by P.L.B., enriched with figures. Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1652. Famous edition decorated with engravings by Callot. The major difference between this edition...

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Lot n° 17

CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529)....

CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529). The first quarter book of the Courtesan of Count Baltazar of Castillon. Reduyct of Ytalicque language in Françoys. S.l.n.d. Lyon: Denis de Harsy, circa 1537. Rare edition, printed in round letters, of this manual...

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Lot n° 18

COLONNA, Francesco (1433-1527)....

COLONNA, Francesco (1433-1527). Hypnerotomachy or Discourse from Poliphile's Dream, Deduisant comme Amour le combat à l'occasion de Polia. Paris: Jacques Kerver, 1561. Last of the three Parisian editions of the French translation given by Kerver. Copy...

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Lot n° 19

COMMYNES, Philippe de (1447-1511)....

COMMYNES, Philippe de (1447-1511). Cronic and hystory fake and composed by the late messier Philippe de Commines, knight, lord of Argenton, containing things that happened during the reign of the king Loys unziesme ... Newly dreamed and corrected. With...

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Lot n° 20

COWPER, William (1666-1709). Anatomia...

COWPER, William (1666-1709). Anatomia Corporum Humanorum Centum et Viginti Tabulis... ad Vivum expressis. Utrecht: Nicolaus Muntendam, 1750. Second edition of the Latin translation given by Guillaume Dundass of The Anatomy of Humane Bodies published...

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Lot n° 21

CRONICA CRONICARUM. The Registry...

CRONICA CRONICARUM. The Registry of the years passes then the creation of the world until the present year Million five cens XXXII. Paris: Anthoine Couteau pour Galliot du Pré, 1532. Copy in contemporary binding, with all figures colored. This anonymous...

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Lot n° 22

MACABLE DANCE - RUSTING, Salomon...

MACABLE DANCE - RUSTING, Salomon van (1652-c. 1713). Het Schouw-Toneel des Doods waar op na't leeven vertoont word De Dood op den Throon des Aard-Bodems: Heerschende over alle Staaten en Volkeren... Amsterdam: Johannes Rotterdam, 1735. Reprint of Rusting's...

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Lot n° 23

DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). De...

DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). De homine figuris, et latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl. Leiden: Hack, 1664. Second Latin edition, published two years after the original, of the first work on physiology. A complete copy of all his plates, two of them...

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Lot n° 24

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). Jacques...

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). Jacques the Fatalist and his master. Paris : Buisson, An Cinquième de la République 1796. Original edition, in contemporary binding. Tchemerzine, II, p. 965 , Cioranescu, I, 24099. 2 vols. in 1 vol. in-8 (200 x 122 mm). With...

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Lot n° 25

DU FAIL, Christmas (circa 1520-1591)....

DU FAIL, Christmas (circa 1520-1591). The Tales and Speeches of Eutrapel, by the late lord of La Hérissaye, a Breton nobleman. Rennes Paris : for Noël Glamet, by Quinpercorentin Jean Richer, 1585. Rare first edition in old morocco. This work "found eager...

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Lot n° 26

ERASMUS, Desiderius Erasmus (c....

ERASMUS, Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1467-1536). In Praise of Folly. Translated from the Latin of Erasmus by M. Gueudeville. New edition, revised and corrected on the text of Basle's edition. S.l. Paris, 1751. Copy on large paper, reimposed in in-4 format....

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Lot n° 27

FROISSART, Jean (circa 1337- circa...

FROISSART, Jean (circa 1337- circa 1410). The first -quart volume of Froissart, of the cronicles of France, England, Escoce, Espaigne, Bretaigne, Gascongne, Flanders and neighbouring places. Paris: François Regnault and Michel le Noir, 1505 (vols. III...

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Lot n° 28

GREGORY IX (1170-1241). Decretalium...

GREGORY IX (1170-1241). Decretalium copiosum argumentum. Divisiones glosarum ex Johanis andree novella diligenter deprompte: hic diligenter annotantur. Lyon: François Fradin, January 26, 1515. Lyon edition of the "decrees" of Gregory IX, given by François...

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Lot n° 29

GUYSE, Jacques de (c. 1340 - 1399)....

GUYSE, Jacques de (c. 1340 - 1399). The First (Second/Third) Volume of the Illustrations of Gaul Belgium, antiquitez of the Countries of Haynnau and of the gra(n)d city of the Belgians has now dictated Bavay from which proceed the pavements of Brunehault....

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Lot n° 30

HAER, Florent Van der (1547-1634)....

HAER, Florent Van der (1547-1634). De initiis tumultuum Belgicorum... libri II. Douai: J. Bogardi, 1587. Original edition not very frequent. Copy with the arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou and his first wife, Marie de Barbançon. This work by the priest...

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Lot n° 31

HOOGHE, Romeyn de (1645-1708) --...

HOOGHE, Romeyn de (1645-1708) -- CHERTABLON. The Manner of preparing oneself well for Death, by considerations on the Last Supper, Passion & Death of Jesus Christ, with very beautiful emblematic prints, explained by Mr. De Chertablon... Antwerp: George...

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Lot n° 32

PLEASURE GARDEN Sensuyt the pleasure...

PLEASURE GARDEN Sensuyt the pleasure garden & flower of rhetoric... Lyon: Martin Bouillon and Olivier Arnoullet, 1525. Important poetic anthology of the 16th century, which restores the poems of François Villon (before revision by Clément Marot, including...

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Lot n° 33

KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Epitome...

KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae... Linz: Johann Planck for Gottfried Tambach and Frankfurt: Gottfried Tambach,1618, "1622" 1620 and 1621. - KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae... Linz: Johann Planck...

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Lot n° 34

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)....

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695). Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, with the poem by Adonis. Paris : Didot le Jeune, an III 1795. Superb Béraldi copy, on large wove paper, with the engravings in two states -before the letter and etchings including...

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Lot n° 35

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)....

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695). Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, followed by Adonis, poem. Edition decorated with engravings after the drawings of Gérard, painter. Paris : Didot l'Aîné, year V 1797. Very nice copy, with the engravings in double...

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Lot n° 36

LE HAY, Jacques (circa 1645-circa...

LE HAY, Jacques (circa 1645-circa 1713). Collection of one hundred prints representing different Nations of the Levant, taken from the paintings painted after nature in 1707 and 1708 by the orders of M. de Ferriol, Ambassador of the King at the Gate,...

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Lot n° 37

LESAGE, Alain René (1668-1747)....

LESAGE, Alain René (1668-1747). Story of Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris : de l'Imprimerie de Didot jeune, Janet, Hubert, l'An troisième 1795. Copy Destailleur - Rahir - Meus, on large wove paper, bound by Simier, cited by Cohen, with the plates in three...

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Lot n° 38

LONGUS (2nd or 3rd century AD)....

LONGUS (2nd or 3rd century AD). The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe, translated from the Greek of Longus by Amyot. Paris: Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, an VIII (1800). Copy La Bédoyère, on large paper and bound by Thouvenin, of this famous edition...

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Lot n° 39

LORRIS, Guillaume de (circa 1200-circa...

LORRIS, Guillaume de (circa 1200-circa 1240) and MEUNG, Jean de (circa 1240-circa 1305). Then follows the Rommant de la Rose: aultrement dit le songe vergier. Newly printed in Paris. Paris: Alain Lotrian, under the sign of the escu de France, s.d. circa...

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Lot n° 40

LYCOSTHENES, Conrad WOLFFHART,...

LYCOSTHENES, Conrad WOLFFHART, known as (1518-1561). Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon... Basel: Henri Petri, 1557. Original edition, in a beautiful embossed binding of the time. We owe this compilation of wonders, monstrosities and supernatural phenomena...

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Lot n° 41

MACROBE, Flavius Macrobius Ambrosius...

MACROBE, Flavius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius (born around 370). In Somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis VI libro de Rep. Eruditissima explanatio. Venice: in Aedibus Aldi, and Andreae Asulani Soceri, April 1528. Rare Aldine edition of this text of considerable...

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Lot n° 42

MAGNUS, Olaus, Olof Mansson, says...

MAGNUS, Olaus, Olof Mansson, says (1490-1557). Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus... Antwerp: Apud Ioannem Bellurum, 1562. A contemporary bound copy of this famous description of the Scandinavian countries. It is a Latin translation, abbreviated...

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Lot n° 43

MARTIAL D'AUVERGNE, Martial de...

MARTIAL D'AUVERGNE, Martial de Paris, known as (1430-1508). LIII. Arrest d'Amours. Aresta Amorum... The whole diligently reviewed & corrected in an infinity of places besides the preceding impressions. Rouen: at Raphael du Petit Val, 1587. Rare edition...

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Lot n° 44

MERIAN, Matthäus (1593-1650) -...

MERIAN, Matthäus (1593-1650) - CHOVIN, Jacques Antony (1720-1776). The Dance of the Dead, as it is depicted in Basle's praiseworthy and famous, to serve as a mirror of human nature. Basle: Jean Rodolphe Im Hoff, 1744. Fine copies of two editions of this...

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Lot n° 45

MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592)....

MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592). The Essays of Michel the Lord of Montaigne. New edition, taken from the copy found after the decease of the Autheur, recovered & increased by a third in addition to the previous impressions. Paris: Abel l'Angelier, 1598. Important...

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Lot n° 46

RABELAIS, François (1494-1553)....

RABELAIS, François (1494-1553). The Works of M. François Rabelais, Doctor of Medicine... Antwerp Montluel: François Nierg Sébastien Jaquy and Claude Lescuyer for Charles Pesnot, 1573. Extremely rare edition, "very elegantly printed" (Plan). Pierre Paul...

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Lot n° 47

RABELAIS, Francis (c.1483-1553)....

RABELAIS, Francis (c.1483-1553). The Works of M. François Rabelais. Augmented from the life of the author... Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1663. Le Rabelais des Elzevir, well established in a binding lined by Trautz and Bauzonnet. Brunet describes this edition...

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Lot n° 48

REISCH, Gregor (circa 1470-1525)....

REISCH, Gregor (circa 1470-1525). Margarita philosophica, totius philosophiae rationalis et moralis principia duodecim libris dialoguce complectens. Basel: Michael Furter, 1517. The first printed encyclopedia, the work of Gregor Reisch, a relative of...

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Lot n° 49

or The Dangers of the City Recent...

or The Dangers of the City Recent history, brought to light by the real Letters of the Characters. The Hague: s.n., 1784 1787?. - RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas Edme (1734-1806). Le Paysan et la paysane pervertis ou Les Dangers de la ville Recent history,...

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Lot n° 50

RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585)....

RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585). The Works. Reveues et augmentées. Paris: Nicolas Buon, 1609. Copy Lucien-Grault, in gilded vellum at the time. Eleventh collective edition, partly original. The publisher integrates the "Recueil des Sonnets, Odes, Hymnes,...

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